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- Is it acceptable in American English to pronounce grocery as groshery?
Most of these give a three-syllable pronunciation of "grocery" and "groceries" I am a native Los Angeles resident I pronounce “grocery” and “groceries” in the two-syllable way, gros-re(s) This is MY opinion There is NO “sha” in the words “grocery” and “groceries” The “c” is pronounced as a soft “c” with an “s
- Blanket term for things we often buy at grocery store that are not . . .
Also called grocery store groceries Commodities sold by a grocer Online Oxford Dictionary (groceries) Items of food sold in a grocery or supermarket So, 3 out of 4 suggest the term can be used for non-food items bought at a grocery store and only one limits the word to foodstuff alone
- I work in a grocery store or at a grocery store [duplicate]
They are almost interchangeable, but you could convey a subtle difference in meaning If you're trying to describe your job what you do, you'd want to say you work "at" a grocery store Working "in" a grocery store describes the location you work at For example, I work in an office, but I work at a company
- Word to call a person that works in a store
Grocery store? The answer may vary Also, many larger stores have cashiers, stockers, and salespersons
- Best Before says 11 MA 23; is it May or March?
I get asked this question twice a day at work (grocery store) It Goes: JA FE MR AP MA JN JL AU SE OC NO DE One more year, and I'll have a song a la "Sound of Music" Other sources seem to confirm that these two-letter month abbreviations were first used in Canada Edit: Here's further confirmation from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
- A word for the job a cashier does for each customer
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- Where did the phrase I dont give a rats ass come from?
I would love to know the origin of this saying The OED gives the first citation of the phrase from Leon Uris, "Battle Cry" in 1953 (but if it appeared in print then, it would certainly have been around for a while before that
- meaning - A list with only one item - English Language Usage Stack . . .
It may be grammatically correct, or correct in certain casual documents such as a grocery list (I am unaware of any grocery-list police), but is not a best or even good practice in more formal documents (anything involving an outline, for instance)—with one exception, discussed below
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